St Andrews

South-western residential suburb north of Campbelltown, on the site of the farm of Scottish emancipist Andrew Thompson (1773-1810), who left part of his estate to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Developed for housing in the 1970s, its streets are named after places in Scotland.

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Campbelltown City Council

Campbelltown local government area

Area on Sydney's south-west edge, traditional lands of the Dharawal people, governed by Campbelltown City Council. Named in 1820 after Elizabeth Macquarie née Campbell, wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, it has developed since the 1960s from a rural area to a regional centre for south-west Sydney.

Scots

Scots have been in Sydney from earliest European contact, with Forby Sutherland, a young Scottish crew member on the Endeavour, buried at Sutherland in 1770. Scots have played important roles in all facets of Sydney's history. While the Scots can seem to be 'invisible immigrants', without a clearly distinctive culture, Scottish professions, industry, religion and education have been influential in Sydney's development since the arrival of the First Fleet.